Who to contact

Contact Name

Children Heard and Seen

Contact Position

Support

Telephone

07557339258 07557339258

E-mail

info@childrenheardandseen.co.uk

Website

Website

Notes

Key Facts

Children with a parent in prison are more likely to experience poverty, poor housing, social exclusion, poor physical health, aggressive behaviour.

Children with a parent in prison are 3 times more at risk of committing Anti-Social Behaviour or delinquent behaviour.

65% of boys with a convicted parent go on to offend themselves.

60% of women in prison have children. A prison sentence separates 17,000 children a year from their mothers.

25% of children with a parent in prison are at risk of mental health problems including depression, anxiety, eating and sleeping disorders.

Parental imprisonment is associated with negative school experiences such as persistent truanting, bullying and failure to achieve in education.

Children with a parent in prison are also disproportionately represented among young offenders and the care population.

An outcome of maternal incarceration is that only 5% of children continue living in the family home (due to one third of incarcerated mothers being single parents)

Only 9% of children with an incarcerated mother are raised by their fathers

It is estimated that every £1 invested in supporting prisoners’ families could save the taxpayer £11.